1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark

Gauliga Ostmark
Season	1940–41
Champions	SK Rapid Wien
Relegated	Grazer SC Linzer ASK
German championship	SK Rapid Wien
	← 1939–40 1941–42 →

The 1940–41 Gauliga Ostmark was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark, the first tier of football in German-annexed Austria from 1938 to 1945, officially referred to as Ostmark.^[1]

SK Rapid Wien won the championship and qualified for the 1941 German football championship which it won by defeating FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final.^[2]^[3]

The Gauliga Ostmark and Gauliga Donau-Alpenland titles from 1938 to 1944, excluding the 1944–45 season which was not completed, are recognised as official Austrian football championships by the Austrian Bundesliga.^[4]

Table

The 1940–41 season saw three new clubs in the league, Floridsdorfer AC, Grazer SC and Linzer ASK. Compare to the previous season the league had seen an expansion from eight to ten teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SK Rapid Wien (C)	18	12	4	2	82	29	+53	28	Qualification to German championship
2	SC Wacker Wien	18	10	4	4	60	33	+27	24
3	First Vienna FC	18	11	2	5	52	33	+19	24
4	FK Austria Wien	18	10	2	6	56	22	+34	22
5	SK Admira Wien	18	8	5	5	56	46	+10	21
6	Wiener Sportclub	18	7	4	7	47	37	+10	18
7	FC Wien	18	6	5	7	32	40	−8	17
8	Floridsdorfer AC	18	7	3	8	40	60	−20	17
9	Grazer SC (R)	18	4	1	13	26	62	−36	9	Relegation
10	Linzer ASK (R)	18	0	0	18	17	106	−89	0	Relegation

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ADM	AUS	FIR	FLO	GRA	LIN	RAP	WAK	WIE	SPO
SK Admira Wien		4–1	5–2	3–3	8–1	6–2	0–3	1–4	1–1	6–4
FK Austria Wien	2–0		0–0	1–2	3–1	21–0	0–3	4–0	1–0	3–0
First Vienna FC	3–2	3–1		4–0	4–1	8–1	1–1	3–6	1–3	3–2
Floridsdorfer AC	3–3	4–2	0–8			6–3	0–7	5–2	3–1	0–2
Grazer SC	1–4	0–3	0–4	5–2			3–4	1–2	0–2	2–1
Linzer ASK	0–1	1–4		0–3	3–6		0–9	1–9	3–3	2–6
SK Rapid Wien	6–1	1–0	7–0	5–4	11–1	11–3		1–1	5–5	2–3
SC Wacker	3–3	2–2	0–1	7–1	5–3	9–1	2–3		2–1	1–0
FC Wien	4–5	1–2	1–7	3–3	1–1		3–1	1–4		2–1
Wiener Sportclub	3–3	0–6	3–0	4–1	5–0	7–0	2–2	1–1	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "Germany 1940–41". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ "German championship 1941". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ "Österreichs Meister" [Austrian championship]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables

[1] "Where's My Country? Austrian clubs in the German football structure 1938-1944". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[Claudio-2] "Germany 1940–41". claudionicoletti.eu. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[Rsssf-3] "German championship 1941". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[Archiv-4] "Österreichs Meister" [Austrian championship]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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